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[Doctor Shatner]

Something from a millenial's childhood changed

I've been kinda salty since I heard they were giving it a make over...this hit way to close to the truth hahaha

However, I would say I do think the new concept art for the GotG version looks awful. Ready to be proven wrong with reality but bleh. Original just had a great atmosphere to it that fit really well (as someone who never saw the original at World)

 

[RobotHaus]

Oops my bad fam, totally misread the post I replied to as something related to "visual" theme.

You good, fam.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

The construction scrims are coming down and the Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission BREAKOUT! rethemeing work is now almost full exposed! Here it is in all its "glory."

More here: http://micechat.com/157327-dca-update-guardians-unwrapped/

It's ironic that it's only now that The Tower of Terror is truly living up to its name,

 

[Skunkers]

Jesus Christ, they fucked it.

 

[richardhawk]

Fucking trash. Fuck comic book shit.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

The construction scrims are coming down and the Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission BREAKOUT! rethemeing work is now almost full exposed! Here it is in all its "glory."

More here: http://micechat.com/157327-dca-update-guardians-unwrapped/

It's ironic that it's only now that The Tower of Terror is truly living up to its name,

What an eye sore this has become.

 

[Salamando]

That design is too busy. I don't know what it's supposed to look like, but it doesn't look like it.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

That design is too busy. I don't know what it's supposed to look like, but it doesn't look like it.

It's a kind of Warehouse/Fortress/Power Plant, duh

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Garbage.

 

[Pixels]

Gross

 

[newtypepilot]

to be fair, they can't really do much about the building other than giving it a cosmetic face lift. The top floors houses all the machinery that power the elevator ride.

I think it's weird they chose to shut this one down instead of the one in WDW. IIRC, the one in Orlando was the first one built and had a much more complicated design than the later versions.

 

[water_wendi]

Maybe it looks better lit up at night?

 

[Stumpokapow]

The construction scrims are coming down and the Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission BREAKOUT! rethemeing work is now almost full exposed! Here it is in all its "glory."

More here: http://micechat.com/157327-dca-update-guardians-unwrapped/

It's ironic that it's only now that The Tower of Terror is truly living up to its name,

looks like garbage, marvel sucks, i hope they tear this down and replace it with an imax version of the flick the bug 3d movie from bugs land, would be better than this.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Maybe it looks better lit up at night?

Maybe with the lights turned off

 

[Yaboosh]

Maybe with the lights turned off

Solid.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

to be fair, they can't really do much about the building other than giving it a cosmetic face lift. The top floors houses all the machinery that power the elevator ride.

I think it's weird they chose to shut this one down instead of the one in WDW. IIRC, the one in Orlando was the first one built and had a much more complicated design than the later versions.

Wait, INSTEAD of the one in Orlando? That's the best version! That would make even less sense than what they're doing here.

As for them not being able to do much about the building shape: true! Hence why the entire thing is so incredibly misguided

 

[Wanderer5]

Bleh yeah not that great looking, but whatever.

to be fair, they can't really do much about the building other than giving it a cosmetic face lift. The top floors houses all the machinery that power the elevator ride.

I think it's weird they chose to shut this one down instead of the one in WDW. IIRC, the one in Orlando was the first one built and had a much more complicated design than the later versions.

Well they can't do Marvel stuff in WDW, so they are doing Marvel stuff in DL.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Well they can't do Marvel stuff in WDW, so they are doing Marvel stuff in DL.

I believe GotG is exempt from that rule as it wasn't part of Universal's contract. There's actually a rumor there will be a GotG ride going into Universe of Energy @ Epcot

 

[Salamando]

to be fair, they can't really do much about the building other than giving it a cosmetic face lift. The top floors houses all the machinery that power the elevator ride.

If it's supposed to look like the Cinematic Universe Collector's Museum...paint it a dark brown, add some giant panels to give it a "reinforced" look, add random lights, throw in a window with the shadow of an alien walking by, maybe add some of his collection to the outside. Would look far better than random pipes.

 

[Wanderer5]

I believe GotG is exempt from that rule as it wasn't part of Universal's contract. There's actually a rumor there will be a GotG ride going into Universe of Energy @ Epcot

Huh really? Guess it wouldn't be surprising.

But noooooooo on replacing Universe of Energy.D:

 

[Clydefrog]

Fuck that shit.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Huh really? Guess it wouldn't be surprising.

But noooooooo on replacing Universe of Energy.D:

The ride's pretty old and dated, so I'm okay with it being replaced--but not with GotG, so I'm hoping the rumor is wrong. I have no idea how they could have a ride with them in Epcot while keeping the educational angle

 

[Salamando]

The ride's pretty old and dated, so I'm okay with it being replaced--but not with GotG, so I'm hoping the rumor is wrong. I have no idea how they could have a ride with them in Epcot while keeping the educational angle

They turned the ride about Norwegian culture into a Frozen ride.

 

[RareFantasy64]

The Tower of Terror queue music introduced me to my favorite song of all time; Bunny Berigan's I can't Get Started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-0Ucdv0KK8


Tower of Terror queue version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJ1RxKnVf8

 

[Maddocks]

yikes that thing looks ugly as sin lol

once they turn that part of the park into Marvel land, it will be right at home.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

The construction scrims are coming down and the Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission BREAKOUT! rethemeing work is now almost full exposed! Here it is in all its "glory."

More here: http://micechat.com/157327-dca-update-guardians-unwrapped/

It's ironic that it's only now that The Tower of Terror is truly living up to its name,

So is it just going to be 30 floors of Chris Pratt holograms doing the David S Pumpkins gag from SNL?

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

They turned the ride about Norwegian culture into a Frozen ride.

I know I'm hoping that was a one-time mistake and not a sign of things to come.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

once they turn that part of the park into Marvel land, it will be right at home.

Except we'll then have another land that has nothing to do with California (hell, don't most Marvel movies take place in New York?) They've lost the plot with DCA

 

[TemplaerDude]

Does it really matter how the dumb thing looks?

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Does it really matter how the dumb thing looks?

It's a THEME park. You're god damn right it matters. This is what sets Disney parks apart from the rest! Or used to, at least--starting to have my doubts now

Edit: This is how Tower of Terror looks in Disney World. They built an entire street for the ride. It whisks you away to a different time and place. Whatever that atrocity is above does none of those things and clashes with everything around it

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

somehow made the shitty concept art look even shittier well played

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Does it really matter how the dumb thing looks?

When it previously was a version of the greatest themed attraction in the world...
Yes it does.

 

[Ashhong]

Except we'll then have another land that has nothing to do with California (hell, don't most Marvel movies take place in New York?) They've lost the plot with DCA

Does anybody really care about the California theme though? I'd much rather them open it up to more unique themes. Now I'm not saying GOTG is that idea, but I don't see a point in them keeping it "CA themed"

 

[zeemumu]

So is it just going to be 30 floors of Chris Pratt holograms doing the David S Pumpkins gag from SNL?

That'd be amazing. I hope they do this for Halloween.

The plot is supposed to be that this is The Collector's house and Rocket Raccoon broke out and now he's trying to break the others out as well, so that's gonna factor into the drop mechanic that's still intact inside the tower.

 

[Maddocks]

Except we'll then have another land that has nothing to do with California (hell, don't most Marvel movies take place in New York?) They've lost the plot with DCA

anything to get that bugs life area changed up, I'll accept it. Maybe turn it into Iron Man land, that all takes place in cali.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Does anybody really care about the California theme though? I'd much rather them open it up to more unique themes. Now I'm not saying GOTG is that idea, but I don't see a point in them keeping it "CA themed"

They just got done a few years ago retheming several parts of park to be even more Californian--and people loved it. The new Buena Vista St. entrance is gorgeous.

But now they're regressing on that theme with this, undoing the work Imagineers worked so hard to repair.

 

[The Teachinator]

It's a THEME park. You're god damn right it matters. This is what sets Disney parks apart from the rest! Or used to, at least--starting to have my doubts now

Edit: This is how Tower of Terror looks in Disney World. They built an entire street for the ride. It whisks you away to a different time and place. Whatever that atrocity is above does none of those things and clashes with everything around it

The one in DW still looks exactly like that.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

The one in DW still looks exactly like that.

Yes it does! That's my point; I was showing why "what it looks like" is important

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

It's a THEME park. You're god damn right it matters. This is what sets Disney parks apart from the rest! Or used to, at least--starting to have my doubts now

Edit: This is how Tower of Terror looks in Disney World. They built an entire street for the ride. It whisks you away to a different time and place. Whatever that atrocity is above does none of those things and clashes with everything around it

so good.

 

[zeemumu]

It's a THEME park. You're god damn right it matters. This is what sets Disney parks apart from the rest! Or used to, at least--starting to have my doubts now

Edit: This is how Tower of Terror looks in Disney World. They built an entire street for the ride. It whisks you away to a different time and place. Whatever that atrocity is above does none of those things and clashes with everything around it

Ours looks liked this

(part of it, anyway. This is at the end of the Hollywood section)

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Ours looks liked this (part of it, anyway. This is at the end of the Hollywood section)

Yep! Not quite as impressive as WDW, but still fitting. Now it's a mess with the GotG theme

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

The rethemed tower is a fucking abomination. The previous tower loomed in the distance and oozed with atmosphere. This looks like something my nephew would draw on a napkin. Way to fuck over the best ride in CA.

 

[The Teachinator]

The tower looks stupid. I did really enjoy California Adventure when I was there in 2013. It was a quirky park. I did enjoy the CALIFORNIA THEME...There was a resteraunt that was supposed to mimic the theater where Snow White opened or some such....The food was EXCELLENT.

 

[Matrix XII]

The Tower of Terror was my favourite ride at California Adventure. I loved the Twilight Zone feel. Such a shame they are changing it to GotG.

 

[Pikma]

Thankfully the one in Disneyland Paris is still active

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

The tower looks stupid. I did really enjoy California Adventure when I was there in 2013. It was a quirky park. I did enjoy the CALIFORNIA THEME...There was a resteraunt that was supposed to mimic the theater where Snow White opened or some such....The food was EXCELLENT.

Carthay Circle Theatre. That place is rad. Next time you go, get the drink with the spherical ice cubes so you can seem them being made--it's awesome.

...and now it's going to have this stupid ugly tower looming behind it

Thankfully the one in Disneyland Paris is still active

The only "good" thing to come out of this is that every park now has its own unique version of Tower of Terror

 

[zeemumu]

The tower looks stupid. I did really enjoy California Adventure when I was there in 2013. It was a quirky park. I did enjoy the CALIFORNIA THEME...There was a resteraunt that was supposed to mimic the theater where Snow White opened or some such....The food was EXCELLENT.

Carthay Circle? Yeah that place looks really nice. I think this picture is during Christmas so it's extra bright but you can see Tower of Terror peaking out in the distance on the left side

 

[Hazmat]

Yikes. It might look a little better once they're done, but goddamn.

I'm sorry west coast Disney-GAF, but I want this to look as fucked up and horrid as possible to prevent them from ruining the one at WDW.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Ive said this in other sites already but ive seen cement factories when going on the freeway with more cohesive and imaginative facades than this piece of shit.

Theyve completly destroyed the wenie look it had from buena vista street.
Joe Rohde should be fucking ashamed of what he did with the tower, even if he was forced by the higher ups.

 

[TemplaerDude]

It's a THEME park. You're god damn right it matters. This is what sets Disney parks apart from the rest! Or used to, at least--starting to have my doubts now

Edit: This is how Tower of Terror looks in Disney World. They built an entire street for the ride. It whisks you away to a different time and place. Whatever that atrocity is above does none of those things and clashes with everything around it

I guess I get it. I just don't think I'd really be bothered.